Future for assault weapons ban in Senate is grim, top legislator says

The Senate is unlikely to pass a ban on assault weapons despite growing calls for tougher gun laws in the wake of the Colorado Springs massacre, a top lawmaker said Sunday. Not enough senators support the proposed ban to make it law, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I’m glad that President Biden is going to be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban,” he said. “The House has already passed it. It’s sitting in front of the Senate. Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not.” The horrifying Nov. 19 killing spree at a LGBTQ bar in Colorado…

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